biovalorization

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noun

The conversion of waste biomass into valuable chemicals.

Scrabble 29

Meanings

nounbiovalorization (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe conversion of waste biomass into valuable chemicals.

    The anaerobic digestion process for biovalorization of microalgal biomass is shown in Fig. 13.3.

    2023, Maulin P Shah, Green Approach to Alternative Fuel for a Sustainable Future, page 174
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    The biovalorization of agri-food wastes includes fermentation processes, including submerged (SmF) or solid-state fermentation (SSF) based on wild micro-organisms' strain, as well as the use of modified microorganisms (by heterologous expression, for example).

    2007, Gustavo Molina, Minaxi Sharma, Rachid Benhida, Microbial Bioprocessing of Agri-food Wastes: Bioactive Molecules

    However, there is dearth of literature which discusses about the biovalorization of agro-industrial wastes into specialty biochemicals.

    2013, Satinder Kaur Brar, Gurpreet Singh Dhillon, Carlos Ricardo Soccol, Biotransformation of Waste Biomass into High Value Biochemicals, page vii

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